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0. B. SEAMANS & J. H. GLEZEN;

Corn-P123,nter.

No.. 216,226. Patented June 3,1879.-

INVENTOR$ WITNESSES GRAFHER WASHINGTON, D O

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR B. SEAMAN S AND JAMES H. GLEZEN, OF GOADVILLE, TOWAfASSIGN- ORS OF ONE-THIRD THEIR RIGHT TO EUGENE RANNEY, OE SAME PLACE.

IM PROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,226, dated June 3, 1879; application filed April 12, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We,OSGAR B. SEAMANs and JAMES H. GLEzEN,.of Goalville, in the county of Webster and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan of our corn-planter, and Fig. 2 is a side-elevation view of the same.

Identical parts in the drawings are designated and referred to by' the same letters.

()ur invention relates to that class of seeders or corn-planters which are operated 'by a rope, each end of which is secured at opposite sides of the field; and it consists in a feed ing-wheel, operated by the rope, located upon a-hinged arm, so that the feeding-wheel may be changed from one side of the machine or planter to the other, and provided with guiding and return pulleys, in connection with the usual dropping devices, as will herein more fully appear.

A is a common corn-planter, to which our inventionis attach ed. B is a transverse beam, connecting the hoppers, to which is centrally attached the arm 0 by the pivoted hinge c, which enables this arm to be raised to a perpendicular position and changed from one side of the planter to the other at will by the operator. Toward the outer end of this arm is a stud, d, having the pulley D.

Upon the outer end of the arm are two guidepulleys, d d, cone-shaped, located so that their apexes embrace the periphery of the pulley D, and serve as guides to keep the rope *in the groove 11 of the pulley D.

The guide-pulley d is supported by a stud, which is located in the piece d which is pivoted by the pin 61 to the support of the pularm 0 near the periphery of pulley D, and opposite the guide-pulleys d d, provided with a cam-guidepulley, e.

F is a connecting-rod, connecting the crank D of the pulley D with the standard G. This standard has a slot, g, for the reception of the connecting-rod, of such length that the standard is moved by the crank D only one-half of its sweep. This standard is attached to the feed-bar G, which is of common construction, and so arranged as to feed at each reciprocal motion.

By means of the slot in the standard the dropping of the seed is done quickly, avoiding a slow and pottering motion.

The usual stakes upon the opposite sides of the field are employed, and a rope, H, passes half-way around the'pulley D, and returned by the return-pulleyEiu the direction in which it was trending before reaching the pulley D.

The arm 0 is supported alternately by the arms 0, provided with the recesses c, which retain the arms in their operative position.

Before the operator turns the planter at the end of a row he throwsthe rope upon the ground, lifts the arm Oto an upright position, and thus avoiding hitting his team or parts of the planter, places'it upon the opposite supporting-arm 0, turns his planter, properly sets his stakes, attaches the rope, and pro ceeds, the connecting-rod F having first been removed before reversing the arm (J, and returning it to position after the change has been made.

\Vhat we claim is- In a corn-planter, the arm 0, attached to the planter by the pivoted hinge c, and provided with the pulley D, the return-pulley E, the cam-guide pulleys e and d, and the pivoted cam-guide pulley al as and for the purposes substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR B. SEAMANS. ,JAMES H. GLEZEN. 

